Re: FAQ Topic - How do I protect my javascript code? (2013-09-08)

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Nguyễn Khắc Việt wrote:

>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> FAQ Topic - How do I protect my javascript code?
>> With clientside javascript you can't as your code is distributed
>> in source form and is easily readable. With JScript, there is the
>> Script Encoder (see MSDN), but this is nothing more than obfuscation.
>> Attempting to disable the context menu does nothing to
>> protect your script in a Web browser.
>> Your code is likely protected under copyright laws. See:
>> <URL: http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/copyright.html>
>> <URL:
>> 
http://webdesign.about.com/od/copyright/Copyright_Issues_on_the_Web_Intellectual_Property.htm>
> 
>> The complete comp.lang.javascript FAQ is at
>> http://jibbering.com/faq/
> 
> 
> You can try Yuicompressor or Closure
> https://developers.google.com/closure/

You have missed the point of the FAQ entry.  Compacting, compressing, or 
obfuscating code does _not_ protect the code from being reused; it can be 
uncompacted, uncompressed, or unobfuscated on the client-side at any time.

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